Adhyaya 16 Mantra 44 - Shukla Yajurveda | Malayalam | Vedapath

Mantra 44

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Śatarudriya complex (Rudra-hymnic tradition; later śrauta lineage attribution rather than a single ṛṣi)

Devata: Rudra (as the indwelling lord of places)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus-formulas (yajus)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नमो॒ व्रज्या॑य च॒ गोष्ठ्या॑य च॒ नम॒स्तल्प्या॑य च॒ गेह्या॑य च॒ नमो॑ हृद॒य्या॒य च निवे॒ष्प्या॒य च॒ नम॒: काट्या॑य च गह्वरे॒ष्ठाय॑ च

Transliteration

námo vrajyā̀ya ca góṣṭhyā̀ya ca námas talpyā̀ya ca géhyā̀ya ca námo hṛdayyā̀ya ca nivéṣpyā̀ya ca námaḥ kā́ṭyā̀ya ca gahvaréṣṭhā́ya ca

Translation

നമോ വ്രജ്യായ ച ഗോഷ്ഠ്യായ ച; നമസ്തൽപ്യായ ച ഗേഹ്യായ ച; നമോ ഹൃദയ്യായ ച നിവേഷ്പ്യായ ച; നമഃ കാട്യായ ച ഗഹ്വരേഷ്ഠായ ച.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । व्रज्याय । च । गोष्ठ्याय । च । नमः । तल्प्याय । च । गेह्याय । च । नमः । हृदय्याय । च । निवेष्प्याय । च । नमः । काट्याय । च । गह्वरेष्ठाय । च

Word by Word

नमःobeisance; salutation

व्रज्यायto the cattle-pen/track (vraja-related place)

चand

गोष्ठ्यायto the cowshed/cattle-yard

चand

नमःobeisance

तल्प्यायto the bedded/lying-place (bed-related)

चand

गेह्यायto the house(-place)/domestic (dwelling-related)

चand

नमःobeisance

हृदय्यायto the heart(-place)/inner (heart-related)

चand

निवेष्प्यायto the lodging/settling-place (dwelling-in related)

चand

नमःobeisance

काट्यायto the ‘kāṭyā’ (a kind of enclosure/structure; name of a place-feature)

चand

गह्वरेष्ठायto the one abiding in the deep/hidden place (ravine-dweller)

चand

Entities Mentioned

Rudra (Śatarudrīya Rudra)

Paśupati (Rudra as Lord of cattle)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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